2022-2023 UCF Knights

2022-2023 UCF Knights Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 Michael Durr Sr C 7-0 250 Dec 26, 1998 Atlanta (GA) United States Victory Rock Prep
5 P.J. Edwards Fr G 6-4 200 - Springfield (IL) United States Minnesota Preparatory Academy
11 Tyem Freeman Jr SF 6-6 210 Dec 16, 2000 Springfield (MO) United States Parkview High School
25 Taylor Hendricks Fr F 6-9 215 Nov 22, 2003 Fort Lauderdale (FL) United States Calvary Christian Academy
15 Tyler Hendricks RS-Fr GF 6-5 175 Nov 22, 2003 Fort Lauderdale (FL) United States Calvary Christian Academy
12 Ithiel Horton Sr PG 6-5 200 Jun 26, 2000 Roselle (NJ) United States Roselle Catholic High School
3 Darius Johnson So G 6-1 190 Feb 5, 2002 Frederick (MD) United States Episcopal School
14 Michael Kalina RS-Fr G 6-1 185 - Boca Raton (FL) United States North Broward Preparatory School
13 C.J. Kelly Sr G 6-5 200 Apr 14, 1998 Long Island City (NY) United States Queens High School of Teaching
24 Charlie May RS-Fr F 6-5 190 - Boca Raton (FL) United States Saint Andrew's School
4 Brandon Suggs Sr SF 6-6 185 - Powder Springs (GA) United States McEachern High School
31 Thierno Sylla Fr C 6-11 225 Aug 31, 2003 Conakry Guinea N/A
0 Lahat Thioune Sr PF 6-10 225 Nov 9, 1999 Melbourne (FL) United States Florida Air Academy
21 C.J. Walker RS-Sr SF 6-8 205 Mar 29, 2001 Orlando (FL) United States Oak Ridge High School
10 Poohpha Warakulnukroh So G 5-11 180 - Bangkok Thailand Montverde Academy
1 Jayhlon Young So G 6-2 175 - Dallas (TX) United States Garland High School

Recent UCF Knights History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-16 (7-11) 11th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2022-2023 19-15 (8-10) 7th (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2021-2022 18-12 (9-9) 6th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 11-12 (8-10) 5th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 16-14 (7-11) 8th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 24-9 (13-5) 3rd (AAC) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 19-13 (9-9) 6th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 24-12 (11-7) 4th (AAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2015-2016 12-18 (6-12) 8th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 12-18 (5-13) 9th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 13-18 (4-14) 8th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 20-11 (9-7) 4th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2011-2012 22-11 (10-6) 3rd (C-USA) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 21-12 (6-10) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2009-2010 15-17 (6-10) 9th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 17-14 (7-9) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 16-15 (9-7) 4th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 22-9 (11-5) 2nd (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 14-15 (7-7) 5th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 24-9 (13-7) 1st (A-Sun) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2003-2004 24-7 (17-3) 2nd (A-Sun) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 19-12 (11-5) 4th (A-Sun) Runner Up N/A

2022-2023 UCF Knights Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Taylor Hendricks Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship MVP
Taylor Hendricks Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship All-Tournament Team
C.J. Kelly Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship All-Tournament Team
Taylor Hendricks All-AAC Second Team
Taylor Hendricks AAC All-Rookie Team
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Nov 28, 2022)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Jan 2, 2023)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Feb 27, 2023)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Nov 21, 2022)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Dec 12, 2022)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Feb 13, 2023)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Dec 5, 2022)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Jan 16, 2023)
Taylor Hendricks AAC Rookie of the Week (Mar 6, 2023)

2022-2023 UCF Knights Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Johnson I. Horton C. Kelly T. Hendricks M. Durr
Rotation J. Young   B. Suggs L. Thioune  
Rotation     C. Walker    
Rotation     T. Freeman    
Lim PT P. Warakulnukroh P. Edwards C. May   T. Sylla
Lim PT   T. Hendricks      

2022-2023 UCF Knights Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Taylor Hendricks 34 34.7 15.1 7.0 1.4 0.9 1.7 1.4
C.J. Kelly 34 30.7 13.3 3.6 2.8 1.5 0.6 2.4
Ithiel Horton 34 30.9 12.3 3.7 1.6 1.4 0.1 1.6
Darius Johnson 25 30.9 10.0 3.0 4.2 2.2 0.1 2.4
Brandon Suggs 32 19.2 6.6 3.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 1.3
Michael Durr 25 21.4 5.5 4.6 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.8
C.J. Walker 4 19.0 5.0 3.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 2.0
Jayhlon Young 33 19.1 4.5 2.2 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.4
Tyem Freeman 26 11.7 3.4 2.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.6
Lahat Thioune 34 13.4 2.6 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.8
Thierno Sylla 27 6.2 2.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4
Poohpha Warakulnukroh 7 2.0 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
P.J. Edwards 19 6.6 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3
Tyler Hendricks 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Charlie May 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 UCF Knights Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Johnny Dawkins Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (Stanford, 2009 to 2016)
Kevin Norris Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (USC, 2013 to 2016)
Robbie Laing Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Florida Atlantic, 2014 to 2016)
Mamadou N'Diaye Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (San Francisco, 2019 to 2021)
Ben Witherspoon Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2022-2023 Head Coach (2021 to 2022)
Jaycob Ammerman Video Coordinator 2016-2017 N/A
Terry Mohajir Athletic Director 2021-2022 Athletic Director (Arkansas State, 2012 to 2021)
Alex Parr Director of Sports Performance 2018-2019 N/A
Cade Huber Graduate Manager 2022-2023 N/A
Kelvin Johnson Director of Player Development 2017-2018 N/A
Charles Stephenson Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2021-2022 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Utah, 2014 to 2021)
Mary Vander Heiden Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A
Raymond Chiu Assistant Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 N/A
Dan Forcella Director of Communications 2017-2018 Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations (Texas A&M-CC, 2015 to 2017)